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(Feature)'Twas Inspired and Delightful l
Ready to roar and looking positively kingly, this large (45" long) Steiff mohair lion was lounging prominently in the booth of Seattle area dealers Marian and Phil Lanahan of Shades of the Past. They sell at local shows, and the lion once belonged to their son. It is in mint ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Fall Americana Sale
The high lot of the Evans sale was this Virginia Chippendale walnut corner chair that dates from the second half of the 18th century and is attributed to an unidentified maker in Isle of Wight County in southeastern Virginia. The chair features a broad D-shaped arm rail with rounded out-turned ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)David Horst to Head Americana Division at Morphy Auctions
Pennsylvania antiques dealer David Horst has joined Morphy Auctions as chief consultant to the company's Americana department. Horst will handle consignments and cataloging of all Americana and folk art auctioned by Morphy's, while retaining his presence as a dealer on the antiques show circuit.Originally from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Horst, 39, earned ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)A Book Review: A Kind of Archeology
by Lita Solis-CohenA Kind of Archeology: Collecting American Folk Art, 1876-1976by Elizabeth StillingerUniversity of Massachusetts Press, 2011, 464 pages, hardbound, $65 plus S/H from University of Massachusetts Press, (www.umass.edu/umpress) or (800) 537-5487.Fifteen years in the making, this sequel to The Antiquers, Stillinger's 1980 landmark exploration of pioneer collectors of American ... (Read More)
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(Young Collectors)The Young Collector: New York Minutes
by Hollie Davis and Andrew RichmondFrantic has a sound. At 1:30 in the morning, it sounds like a baby with teething-related night terrors. At 4:30 in the morning, it sounds like a spouse who has overslept and is about to miss his flight to New York City for Americana Week. ... (Read More)
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(Feature)Met Gets a New Wing, George Washington Gets a New Frame
Emanuel Leutze's painting Washington Crossing the Delaware as reframed by Eli Wilner for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's new American Wing. Photo courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art.Eli Wilner's master carver Felix Teran carves the eagle for the crest. Photo courtesy Eli Wilner.The Mathew Brady photo, one of two that Eli ... (Read More)
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(Show)Heartland Fall Edition
Equestrian painting of Master Charlie by Edward Burn, oil on canvas, dated 1925, with a plaque listing 1924 winnings, $3750 from Susie Burmann of New London, New Hampshire.Aunt Jemima Pan Cake Flour wooden crate, $275 from Terrell Medd of History Haven Antiques, Connersville, Indiana.Chuck White of Chuck White Folk Art ... (Read More)
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(Auction)Old Glory Flies High and Proud
Pair of carved wooden 45-star American flags, probably from a G.A.R. organization or other patriotic group, $14,950.Gould's research indicated this family register may well have been created by Samuel Lawhead of Dixfield, Maine, known as the "Heart and Hand" watercolorist. In its original frame, it recorded the vital records of ... (Read More)
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(Book Review)Books Received
by M.A.D. StaffThese are brief reviews of books recently sent to us. We have included ordering information for publishers that accept mail, phone, or on-line orders. For other publishers, your local bookstore or mail-order house is the place to look.Collecting Modern: Design at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Since 1876 ... (Read More)
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(Feature)No Prior Knowledge: Notes on Research and Discovery
From the family Bible, 1825.On back: "Peter Atherton-Grandpa Atherton's Father. A.F. Morse, Photographic artist, Hallowell, Maine."On back: "For Frank and Family. Grandfather Atherton. William P. Atherton-Hallowell, Maine."On back: "Grandfather Atherton's place, Hallowell, Maine. Frank C. Atherton's father's home. Father (William P. Atherton)."by R. LapidesOf the familiar list of useful guidelines ... (Read More)
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